3.4B Environmental Problems

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Cards (7)

    • Pollution 
    • Overexploitation of resources 
    • Dumping of waste
    • 1 Billion people live in urban slums- UN Habitat estimate 
    • Life expectancy, health, employment opportunities and education are no higher than those in rural areas
    • Megacities: 
    • Generate a ‘poison cocktail’ of pollutants from traffic congestion, energy consumption
  • Cities- responsible for 75% of CO2 emissions
  • Since 1990 Togo lost 60% of Forested Area
  • Nigeria- Forest halved in size 
  • Indonesia- Rainforest loses 100,000 Football pitches of forest a year